Ukrainian And Russian Officials Hold Talks In Belarus

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy is not in attendance but says his delegation is calling for an immediate cease-fire.

Ukrainian and Russian delegations arrived for talks Monday on Ukraine’s border with Belarus. But it's unclear what, if anything, those talks would yield. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office said it would demand an immediate cease-fire.

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While Ukraine sent its defense minister and other top officials, the Russian delegation is led by Putin's adviser on culture — an unlikely envoy for ending the war and a sign of how Moscow views the talks. It wasn’t immediately clear what Putin is seeking in the talks or from the war itself.